Quest for Jewish Assimilation in Modern Social Science
Author | : Amos Morris-Reich |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1099321094 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Quest for Jewish Assimilation in Modern Social Science written by Amos Morris-Reich and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformation of the human sciences into the social sciences in the third part of the 19th century was closely related to attempts to develop and implement methods for dealing with social tensions and the rationalization of society. This book studies the connections between academic disciplines and notions of Jewish assimilation and integration and demonstrates that the quest for Jewish assimilation is linked to and built into the conceptual foundations of modern social science disciplines. Focusing on two influential ""assimilated"" Jewish authors-anthropologist Franz Boas and sociologis.